Kulidzhanov Lev

Born March 19, 1924 in Tbilisi. In 1954 he graduated from the directing department VGIK, where he studied at the Sergei Gerasimov. In the movie director made his debut in 1955 short film "Ladies". In 1956, Lev Kulidzhanov together with Jacob Seguela put the feature film "It began like this ...". After a year of their new work, "The house in which I live, and attracted the attention of viewers and critics. In Lev Kulidzhanov set drama "When the trees were big" discovery were roles Ina Gulaya and Yuri Nikulin, with a dramatic role Kuzma Iordanova performed Nikulin was one of his best. Huge success the director was filming from Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment "(1969), in which the main role played by George Taratorkin and Innocent Smoktunovskij. The creative team of filmmakers was given an award named after the Vasilyev brothers and Smoktunovsky viewers named best actor in 1970. In 1979, television director put now have multiple "Karl Marx. Youth ". In addition to directing the activities of Lev Kulidzhanov more than twenty years, was the first secretary of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR, and also taught at VGIK.